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@niet faire stmt @fitta CORNELIUS L. WILLIS, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT. OF COLUMBIA. Leners Para@ No. 66,198, dared June 25. 1867.

IMPROVED DOOR-STOP AND LATCH.

TO LL `WHOM I'l MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, ConNELIUsL. WILLIS, of the city of Washington, `in the District of Columbia., have inventedcertain new and useful improvements in a Combined Door-Stop and'Catch; and the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in whichl Figure 1 shows an end view of the door-stop and catch combined.

Figure 2 shows a horizontal view of the-same, the internal arrangement in dotted and red lines.

Figure 3 represents an open door held i-n place bythe catch and stop.

The object of my invention is to prevent thenoise and jar of doors when swinging open and back, and also to hold them firmly when open, so that they will not shut of their ownaccord, or creak on their hinges, or slam together by the action of the wind, or beagitated by motion, as is the case with the doors to state-rooms, cabins, Ste., in steaniboats, Ste.

My invention consists in the construction cfa spring or yielding stop provided with a spring-catch, to hold the door in its embrace when open, the same to be placed in any desired posit-ion fo'r the door to open against, where it 'will not be in the way.and can be easily reached to liberate the door for closing.

That others may be enabled to make and use my invention, I will describe it incre in detaih-ret'crring t0 the drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon. i

My improved combineddoor-stop and catch lmay be made'of brass or other suitable metal or material, the base or ilange A being provided with screw-holes, a a et, for securing it in place. The projecting stem B may he of any desired length, to suit the position where it is to be placed to operate. The stem B may be made square, round, plain, or ornamental, it having a bore or cavity, b, in which is fitted a sliding-bolt or piston, C, which has a suitable head, c, for the door D to strike against. The inner end of the piston C rests on a spiraly spring,f, placed in the cavity b, so that the sp1-ing takes the concussion of t-he door yas it strikes against the head ot' the bolt C, which is kept from coming out by the pin c pnt through the cad of the stem B Working in the slot h in the slidingbolt C. 'lo one side ot' thc stem Bis secured .the spring-catch or hook E, the hook being curved and inclined Vback, so that when the edge of the door is brought in contact with it the spring F readily yields to the pressure, allowing the edge of the door D to pass the hoch E, strike the head c of the sliding-bolt C, when it is firmly clasped between the head of the bolt and the hook by the action of the spiral springf.

It iswell known to travellers on steamboats that swinging doors to state-rooms are a great annoyance, (when it is desirable to have them open,) by their constant swinging to and fro, bumping against the casing, or slamming together, caused by the `jar of the engines or the motion `and hearing of the vessel upon the billows; and it is also desirable in many instances in dwellings to have the doors secured Wide open', and iii churches and all places ofpublic resort when col'igregations let-ont. Thus it will be seen that vmy invention as yabove described provides for effectually securing the desired object.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,'is-T. y

The yielding stop,- as constructed, in combination with a spring-cateh or hook, operating in the manner substantially as herein described for the purposes set forth.

Subscribed to on this 22d day of April, 1867. i

CORNELIUS L. WILLIS. -Witnesses:

EDM.. F. BROWN J. B. WOODRUFF. 

